Manasses Chagall

Manasses Chagall (8 January 1940-) was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) lieutenant during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Biography
Manasses Chagall was born in Rosh Haayin, Mandatory Palestine on 8 January 1940. His father, Avi Chagall, was a Jewish immigrant from France who opened a local olive oil business, while his mother Chava Strauss was an immigrant from Austria. Chagall began his mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces in 1958, and he stayed in the army even after his enlistment expired. Chagall fought in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War, and he led the assault on Tal Fawaz in October 1973. Chagall left the army in 1975, and he retired to Rosh Haayin, taking over his father's business.